SCHOOL SPOTLIGHT SERIES: Chadbourn Elementary School! Be sure to watch these incredibly smart preschoolers as their teachers tell us about the Raising Readers program! They were full of excitement and loved having The News Reporter visit their classroom this week!

Officer Justin Hewett and Deputy Heath Williams from the Columbus County Sheriff's Department, and Snitch the K9 dog recently visited our 2nd grade students. The classes were reading Officer and Buckle and Gloria and so the students learned about all the things a K9 dog does. Officer Hewett even read the story so he could compare Gloria to Snitch!

Schools in Duke Energy’s service territory are invited to save energy this year by hosting an in-school energy conservation play from The National Theatre for Children and by taking the My Energy Kit Challenge. Families and staff at participating schools can request a FREE Energy Kit to be delivered to their home (just like the one Lorraine shows off in…